The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1887-02-17

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the territory done the proper thing
in giving Chas. A. Wood new trial,
1t is said that after the fourth Of
March there will be but three OK.
union soldiers and twenty ex-con.
federates in the United States sen.
ate.
Fred Stewart of this city and Miss
Georgia Symms of Breckenridge
were married Tuesday, as promised. .
The TIMES tenders its congratula-
tions.
The ladies of the Congregational
church will meet with Mrs. M. p.
Proper Tuesday evening. George
and lady Washington will be there
by special request.
The TIMES made a bad break last
week in trying to marry Miss Daw.
son to Todd. It should have been
Charley Ladd, of course. The care.
full compositor didn't correct proof.
The jolly maidens have postponed
their social hop at the rectory to
Monday evening the 2Sth inst. out
of respect for the claim Of the base
ball boys. The boys say that's
right good of the maidens.
The Wahpeton Base Ball club
will give a ball at Seely's opera
house Tuesday evening, Washing
tons birthday. Give the boys big
house. they deserve all the encour-
agement Wahpeton can give them.
'Phey want to pay old debts.
Fred Formaneck. favored The
TIMES with an elegantly gotten up
invitation by the faculty to attend
the exercises Of the graduating class
of Rush College, Chicago, which
came off Tuesday of this week
including Fred among its graduates.
So it is now DR.. Formaneck, and he
will locate in Chicago. Success to
you, DOCTOR.
That :: superb publication, the
Northwesk'. Magazine. says: 1.-The
Northwestern Mutual Insurance
Company, 81 wahpeton. Dakota. re.
port perfectly clean record for the
past year as a prompt loss-paying
company. having paid every loss
witkout'a sdit and. without arbitra-
tion. This company is evidently
giving to the people Of the North
west insurance that insures. 1t is
worthy of support.
Nearly two weeks ago daughter
of Erick Skauge, living near Chris
tene, had the misfortune to fall
down stairs in the barn and broke
her left arm near the elbow. DR..
Newman of Abercromble was called
and prenouncing the arm only bruis-
ed, dressed it as such. But it did
not get we'll. Mr.. Skauge came to
Wahpeton to day with his daughter
and DR.. Swaine found the arm had
been broken and properly dressed it.
The young lady is about 20 years Of
age.
H. S. Evgen, q farmer near
Dwight, "got full" at that place
last evening and it is said UNDER
took to edo up" the town. He was
arrested and brought down here be-
fore justice McKean. The exami-
nation has not been completed yet.
Judge Lauder appears for Mr..
Evgen.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. q. Davis enter
tained a number Of young people
with progressive euchre Marty last
evening. Every one declared that
they had splendid time. Tho fol-
lowing named were present: The
Misses Roberts. Mexican, Hawks,
Austin. Randall and Beckwith.
Mr.. and Mrs. McC Culloch and Messrs.
Bohri,. Buchanan, Beatty, Beck,
Gray. Purden, Gillett and Jacobs.
Miss Beckwith took the head prize,
a gold pencil, Miss Emma Roberts
the foot and Mr.. Gillett the lone
hand prize.
When a man or q community will
acknowledge their own faults frank
ly and bravely they are pretty sure
to be on the road to reform and
safety. But people are naturally
inclined to lay their short comings
onto somebody else. II man gets
drunk. he will generally attribute
his failing to somebody else, or to
something that has no connection
with the matter whatever. 1t was
Mr.. Moody, we believe, who visited
the psnitentiary and found only one
guilty man in the institution. Up.
on inquiring as to the reason of the
unfortunates being in the prison,
one after another solemnly declared
his innocence and attributed his in
generation to an unfortunate COM
bination of circumstances, or to the
perjury of others. Finally one
young man was asked why he was
there and he frankly acknowledged